Helen Anne Wallhausen
Nov 7, 2020
HELEN ANNE WALLHAUSEN, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday morning, November 7, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after a brief illness.
Helen was born in New York City, July 31, 1937, daughter of Edward A. and Helen Irene McVey Kerrins. The Kerrins family returned to their former state of Rhode Island when Helen...
Barney J. Webster
Nov 4, 2020
BARNEY L. WEBSTER, of East Prairie, the original and longtime "voice" of KYMO Radio has gone silent. Barney Webster passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
Whether you heard him on commercials for local businesses, news reports of from area events when he was "live on location" from places like the Sikeston Bootheel Rodeo, the Sweetcorn Festival, and...
Barbara Deason Harper
Nov 4, 2020
BARBARA ANN DEASON HARPER, age 73, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She was born September 10, 1947, to Benjamin and Beatrice Crook Deason and had lived in Sikeston area most of her life. She had been employed at Brown Shoe Company in Charleston, as a cook at the...
Carl D. Pearson
Oct 30, 2020
CARL D. PEARSON, age 86, a resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, October 29, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born September 28, 1934, at Center Ridge, Arkansas, to the late Newton Pearson and Stella Pearl Shipp Pearson, he grew up in Center Ridge and moved to Missouri as a young man. He first worked...
Lucy Banks Williams
Oct 28, 2020
LUCY BANKS WILLIAMS, age 71, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.
She was born February 8, 1949, at Memphis, TN, to the late Bowdre and Virginia Banks. Lucy lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life and had been employed as a registered nurse with Southeast Health and St....
James Paul Bruenderman
Oct 20, 2020
JAMES PAUL BRUENDERMAN, age 65, a resident of rural Charleston, died Tuesday, October 20, 2020, in Alexander County, Il.
Born April 6, 1955, in Cairo, IL, to Robert Paul Bruenderman and Margaret Marie Wallace Bruenderman, Jimmy was hard worker who was employed by Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston for many years, and then by the Charleston...
Willie Christine Higdon
Oct 20, 2020
WILLIE CHRISTINE HIGDON, age 91, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at her residence in Sikeston.
She was born June 15, 1929 in Wilson, Arkansas to Clay and Delfia Cooper Higdon. Following her graduation from Essex High School, she moved to St. Louis where she was employed with the FB Chamberlain plant and had been promoted to...
James Shelton
Oct 18, 2020
Jim Shelton entered a new life in Heaven on October 18, 2020 at the age of 67 in SSM Hospital in Fenton, Missouri surrounded by his loving family. Born in Blodgett, MO, January 3, 1953, he was the oldest son of four children of Vernon and Vercie James Shelton on the farm where he spent his whole life. Jim...
Larry Wayne Thresher
Oct 18, 2020
LARRY WAYNE THRESHER, 74, died Sunday, October 18, 2020, at his home near East Prairie.
Born May 20, 1946, to Alfreda McIllwain Thresher who survives of East Prairie, and the late Floyd Thresher, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life. Larry worked as a journeyman welder for the Local 27 Boilermakers Union for 13...
Susan Walker Cox
Oct 15, 2020
Susan Lee Cox, 73, of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on Sept. 1, 1947, in Poplar Bluff to Robert C. and Pauline (Hudson) Walker of Charleston, who preceded her in death. Her sister, Carrol Jean Walker Fisher, also preceded her in death....
Joyce Ann Watson
Oct 15, 2020
JOYCE ANN REEVES WATSON, age 85, died Thursday, October 15, 2020, at her home in Sikeston.
Born July 19, 1935, at Booneville, AR, to the late John Alex Reeves and Myrtle B. Williams Reeves, she had lived in Charleston several years where she was employed at the Brown Shoe Company.  She and her family then moved to...
Kay Hodges
Oct 15, 2020
Kathryn Austin "Kay" Hodges, age 92, a resident of Sikeston, formerly of the Samos Community of Mississippi County, died Thursday, October 15, 2020, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.
Born October 30, 1927 in Cairo, IL to the late Rufus Harris Austin and Lora Ruth (Holtzclaw) Austin. She lived in the Samos community as well as Sikeston...
Peggy June Hardin
Oct 14, 2020
PEGGY JUNE POLEY HARDIN, age 80, a resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born June 5, 1940, at East Prairie, to the late Robert William and Jen Nettie Burnes Poley, she had lived in Sikeston a number of years and had been employed at Lamberts Café. She...
Jon Carson
Oct 10, 2020
Jon Price Carson, 71, of Tucson, Arizona died peacefully at his home with the Catalina and Rincon
mountains and his family surrounding him. Jon fought a long battle with pancreatic cancer, and the last
years of his life were filled with the love of family and life-long friends.
Jon was the oldest child...
Geri Dean
Oct 10, 2020
GERI DEAN
GERALDINE COX 'GERI' DEAN, age 89, of Charleston, died Saturday, October 10, 2020, at the home of her brother and sister in law in Charleston.
Born June 21, 1931, in Clay County, AR, to the late Clinen and Zella Mae Davis Cox, she had lived in Houston, TX before moving to Charleston in...
James Lanier Byrd, Iii
Oct 9, 2020
James Lanier Byrd, III, age 90, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, October 9, 2020.
Born June 22, 1930, at Cairo, Illinois, son of the late James Lanier Byrd, Jr. and Lucille Frisby Byrd, he was a life-long resident of Charleston, Missouri. Jim attended Charleston Public Schools through his second year of High School and then completed...
Norvell Dean Linhart
Oct 8, 2020
NORVELL DEAN LINHART, age 84, died Thursday, October 8, 2020, at his home in East Prairie.
Born January 18, 1936, to the late Beverly "Son" Linhart and Mary Elizabeth Fowler Linhart, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life and had retired from Noranda Aluminum and MoDot after a number of years.
On...
Kenneth J. Manker, Jr.
Oct 7, 2020
Courtesy Obituary Kenneth J. Manker Jr., 57, of Grand Rivers passed away at 9:50 am on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah. He worked for the Corp of Engineers in Memphis, TN. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Carol (Driskill) Manker of Grand Rivers; three children and six grandchildren;...
David Clifford Wallace
Oct 7, 2020
DAVID CLIFFORD WALLACE, age 81, of Sikeston, passed away peacefully at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at 1:04 p.m.
He was born May 15, 1939, in Dorena, MO, to the late Miles A. Wallace and Violet R. Johnson Wallace and had lived in Southeast Missouri all of his life.
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Dorothy Farmer Reed
Oct 7, 2020
DOROTHY LEE FARMER REED, age 99, of Charleston, died Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Born May 8, 1921, at the family home in Charleston, to the late Charles Franklin Farmer and Cordia Sutherland Farmer, she was a 1939 graduate of Charleston High School. Following graduation, she went to work at the...
